Simple, inexpensive technique helps protect against damage caused by continuing operation of equipment after rupture or burnout of pressure vessel. Wire wrapped over area on outside of vessel where breakthrough most likely. If wall breaks or burns, so does wire. Current passing through wire ceases, triggering cutoff mechanism stopping flow in vessel to prevent further damage. Applied in other situations in which pipes or vessels fail due to overpressure, overheating, or corrosion.
Wrapped Wire Detects Rupture Of Pressure Vessel
NASA Tech Briefs ; 14 , 4
1990-04-01
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LCA of a carbon fibre wrapped pressure vessel for automotive applications
Tema Archive | 2004
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